On this day in...

On this day in...
1913 – Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
1937 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theater.
1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Births
1892 – Walter Hagen, American golfer (d. 1969)
1935 – Phil Donahue, American talk show host
1937 – Jane Fonda, American actress
1940 – Frank Zappa, American musician (d. 1993)
1948 – Samuel L. Jackson, American actor
1954 – Chris Evert, American tennis player
1957 – Ray Romano, Italian-American comedian
1959 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter (d. 1998)
1965 – Andy Dick, American actor and comedian
1973 – Mike Alstott, American football player

After a pretty shaky week of b-days last week we're back on track today with a legendary golfer, a talk show host, tennis and track ladies and a foppish drugged out comedian. But I'll focus on Samuel Jackson. A great actor whose screen presence caused this spoof.